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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Growing Up: Here and There, D-Day and All That, and Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does John Ciardi believe could make anyone savage?
(a) Deprivation and suffering.
(b) A propaganda barrage.
(c) Loyalty to false leadership.
(d) Uncontrolled anger.

2. What did Ted Allenby promise the homosexual soldiers in his chaplaincy?
(a) "I will pave the way for you to stay in the military."
(b) "I will guarantee your veteran's benefits."
(c) "I will fight for your civil rights."
(d) "I will pave the way for you to get out of the military."

3. What did Paul Pisicano believe Italian Americans felt about the Axis countries in World War II?
(a) Italian Americans were neutral about the war.
(b) Italian Americans were against Hitler and the Japanese, but not the Italians.
(c) Italian Americans wanted to fight on Italian soil.
(d) Italian Americans were ashamed of Mussolini.

4. Why did Robert Rasmus believe fighting the Russians would fail?
(a) The Russians were better equipped.
(b) The Russians were better fighters.
(c) The Russian generals were better strategists.
(d) The Russians were willing to sacrifice millions of troops.

5. What does the classification 4E mean to a soldier?
(a) Premature anti-Fascist.
(b) Potential Communist.
(c) Unfit for active duty.
(d) Conscientious objector.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a dogfight?

2. What was John Abbott's sentence for refusing the draft?

3. What was a Victory Garden?

4. What unusual food did Maurice Wilson eat in the Philippines?

5. How does Dellie Hahne believe military wives were regarded?

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